Gender Intentional Crop Breeding: From Integration To Institutional Innovation

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Gender Intentional Crop Breeding: From Integration To Institutional Innovation is written by Hale Tufan and published by Frontiers Media SA. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 2832564038 (ISBN 10) and 9782832564035 (ISBN 13).

Significant progress in agricultural technology development has remained persistently blind to social and gender inequalities. Creating agricultural research ecosystems and institutions that address gender inequality requires structural and systemic analysis. One of the major areas of investment in agricultural innovation is plant breeding. Integrating social welfare objectives in plant breeding is a good starting point to catalyze progress towards gender equality objectives in research for development at a global scale, yet devoid of structural change these efforts risk falling short of expectations. Intentionally addressing gender in plant breeding research can reshape the technical options, goals, and intended impact of breeding programs. Improving the benefits delivered to rural women through plant breeding can be achieved through new methods and learning, critically analyzing systematic barriers to equitable plant breeding research, and documenting experiences that demonstrate positive change. There is a wide diversity of global experiences where gender research has analyzed how gender differences influence needs, preferences, and potential benefits from crop varieties and crop-specific traits. Some of these experiences were able to successfully integrate results and learning from gender research into breeding processes and decisions, while some have failed to demonstrate concrete actionable results in breeding programs.